Jennifer Lawrence was called out as “awful” after revealing she rehomed her chihuahua named Princess Pippi Longstocking because it bit her son.
Fans quickly jumped online to criticize the “Hunger Games” actress, 35, after she joked that she wanted to “obliterate every dog” in light of the incident at a screening of her movie “Die My Love” in New York City Wednesday.
“You don’t dump your dog just because you had kids you learn to teach your kids to respect your pet wow,” one Instagram user commented under a clip of the chat shared by E! News. “I really don’t like her now.”
“YIKES,” another netizen responded, expressing their shock. “I loved her.. this is so disappointing. I hope people dont think this is normal behavior.”
“I have twins and my dogs are family FOREVER. We are a pack together. A home full of love, respect, loyalty and time dedicated to all.. DO BETTER JENNIFER,” their message continued.
Others took issue with the actress’ choice of words like one commenter who slammed her “awful statement” under the post.
“What’s especially concerning is using a massive platform not only to normalize giving up a dog after a preventable incident, but to publicly speak so flippantly about obliterating dogs,” another wrote, taking issue with Lawrence’s tone and choice of words.
“No I don’t think she meant she would actually ever hurt a dog, but that language minimizes their lives, fuels fear and has real world consequences for animals who already pay the price for human failure.”
Still, Lawrence had some fans come to her defense in the comments section amid the onslaught of negative remarks.
“As a professional dog trainer and nonprofit dog shelter founder, this comment section isn’t it. Dog people are some of the most judgmental people around,” a social media said.
“We don’t know the situation. If she felt her dogs were unsafe around children, we should not be judging a mother and a decision she made for the safety of her children. A parent should ALWAYS choose her child’s safety.”
In the clip, the mother of two opened up about how becoming a mother changed her perspective on having pets around her young children.
“After I had a kid, my dogs became so scary,” she said.
“It’s almost like I don’t recognize dogs right now. Like, I just see them as a threat. One of them bit my son and that made just want to obliterate every dog. I was just like, ‘I’m gonna take you out, you and your f — king family and your f-king friends.”
Lawrence went on to reveal that the dogs are now staying with her parents.
